One of the most dramatically documented skirmishes of the Civil War. Colonel Richard Boles's Royalist regiment was driven back through Alton into St Lawrence Church. The Parliamentarians broke down the door; Boles fought on the church steps and was shot dead. Sixty-odd Royalist defenders were killed or captured inside the church. Bullet holes are still visible in the church door, and Boles is commemorated inside.
Colonel Boles and c.60 men killed
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